Poultry car



Jan'. 22, 1929.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT LOFFILCE.

ISRAEL V. E'DGERTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PALACE .POULTRY CAR COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A rCORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

POULTRY 'CAR'.

Application led September 26, 1925.

The present invention has relation to that class of poultry cars, trucks or the like more especially designed for the transportation of live` poultry, an example of this type 6 of poultry car being shown in Letters Patent No. 1,512,215, granted y.to me October 21,

1924. The present invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In poultrycars of this type, it is customary to arrange the coops for containing the fowls in superposed tiers on opposite sides of an aisle extending longitudinally of the car,1 the tiers of coops being arranged at such distances apart as to providespaces adapted to receive the troughs 'from which the fowls may be fed.

As my present invention relates to the improt-'ement of the means for sustaining the feed troughs in the spaces between the coops,

I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate the general features of the car.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation (looking from the longitudinal aisle outwardly) showing the arrangement of the coops with the spacesbetween them and with the feed troughs and means for supporting the same. igure 2 is a view in vertical section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, parts being shown in elevation. Figure 3 is a detail view on line 3&8 of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a detail view in vertical section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

At the inner or aisle ends of the coops are arranged the vertical posts A that extend from the floor to the roof of the car, these aisle posts being formed preferably of angle barshaving their flanges a extending inwardly from the aisle of the car. As shown, the aisle posts A of each tier of coops are connected together by angle bars 10 that support the floorsV 11 of the super'posed coops. Vertical posts B are arranged at the outer ends of the coops, as shown in my before mentioned patent No. 1,512,215, these posts being preferably formed of channel bars e tending from the floor to the roof of the car.

In the spaces C between the coops and eX- tending from end to end thereof are arranged longitudinal bars or rods 14 the ends of which pass through the bent ends 15 of the bars or brackets 16, the central portions of these bars or brackets 16 being bowed inward ly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8 of drawings.

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To the bars or brackets 16 are connected, as

y riveting, the innerand outer ends of the plates 17. The upper edges of these plates 17 are bent outwardly, as at 18, while the lower edges of the plates are bent outwardly and downwardly, as at 19, beyond the lower rods 14, as shown in Fig. 3 -of the drawing. Cross bars 20 extend through flanges of the vertical posts A and B, through the bars or brackets 16, and through the ends of the plates 17, suitable thimbles 21 being preferably placed upon the cross bars between the plates 17. Each one of the upper pair of rods 14- is encircled by a metal plate25 that extends from end to end of the compart-` ments, the sides of these metal plates 25 being riveted together as at 26 (see Fig. 4) and being crimped vertically to inclose the lower ends of vertical rods 27 that form the side walls of the compartments. The upper ends of the rods 27 pass through holes formed in sheet metal sleeves 28 that encircle the lower rods 14, the upper ends of the rods 27 being bent as at 29 (see Fig. 2) to retain the rods in place.

The upper bent edges 18 of the plates 17 form a suitable support for the feed trough D, enabling the trough to he readily slipped into the space between the adjacent compartments. Each of the troughs (one only being shown) is formed ypreferably of sheet metal and is provided, preferably at its front, with a handle (Z, whereby it may be readily manipulated. Adjacent its outer end, the trough Dis enc' cled by al band d that performs a dual function, viz, the lower portion of this band serves to hold the outer part of the trough against Contact with the edges 18 of the supporting plate 17, while the upper ,part Vof the band enables the trough to be very conveniently turned over when its contents are to be discharged. lVere it not for this band, the upper edges of the trough would be apt to engage the shoulders 18 of the plate 17 when the trough is inverted.

A serious difliculty heretofore encountered in mounting feed troughs in poultry cars is that the troughs, in extremely cold weather, are apt to become-frozen to the shields or supports that sustain them, since the water within the trough is apt to overiiow its edges and lodge and freeze upon the shields or supports. The band d at the outer end of the trough presents a very small point of contact with the supporting edges 18 of the plate 17 and hence avoids the danger of the troughs becoming frozen to their supports.

vIn order to hold the aisle portion of the trough above the'shoulders or edges 18 of the plate 17 that support the trough as it is slipped into place for use, I preferably provide a suspension bar or member E having at its lower end a hook e adapted to engage a cross bar cl2 that extends between the side walls of the trough D near its front. This suspension bar or member E has its upper end formed with a loop that encircles the rod 2O and the sleeve or thimble 21 upon said rod, so that the bar or member E pivots freely about the cross bar 20.

From the foregoing description it seen that when it trough D in position for readily effected by placing the outer end of the trough' upon the shoulders .or upper edges 18 of the plates 17 and pushing the trough in forward direction, the bar or` member E swinging freely to permit the outer end of the trough to be inserted in place. When the trough has been moved to approximately its posit-ion for use, the inner end of the trough will be lifted and its cross bar Z2 will be set within the hook c of the bar or member E, thus holding the trough suspended above the shoulders or edges 18 of the plate 17 So far as I am aware,

will be use, this can be my invention presents the rst instance of a poultry car prol vided with means whereby the trough may be readily slipped into position for use and when in such position, may be held away from the supports whereon it slides as it is being inserted, so that the danger of the trough becoming frozen to its supports is avoided. Iam aware that this feature of the invention may be accomplished by various mociications 'of the means above described and I do not wish my broad claims to such feature to be understood as restricted to the specic mechanism shown.

Another advantageous feature of suspending the trough D by a pivoted bar or member E, is that the trough is permitted to swing or shift longitudinally when the outer side of the car is lifted, as in rounding a curve. As the trough is thus shifted longitudinally, its inner or aisle end is raised slightly, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 2 of the drawings and this raising of the inner or aisle end of the trough prevents the water and feed from dashing over the inner end of the trough and drenching the aisle and into the spaces is desired to insert theV the clothing of the attendant who may be at such time in the aisle. v

A further advantage of the bar or member E is that it avoids the danger of fowls that may have escaped from the attendant in drawing them from the coops, getting between the adjoining compartments. Except for the presence of some such device as the bar or member E, the fowl could pass into the space above the trough D, from which it would be diflicult to dislcdge it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a poultry car, poultry compartments arranged side by side with a space between them to receive a feeding trough, supporting means within said space whereon said trough may slide, and a pivoted suspension member having a hook at its lower end adapted to hold the front end of the trough in slightly raised position above said supporting means.

2, In a poultry car, )oultry compartments arranged side by side with a space between them to receive a feed trough, supporting means within said space whereon said trough may slide, said trough being provided with a cross-bar, and a suspension member adapted to engage said cross-bar and hold said trough slightly elevated above said supporting means.

3. In a poultry car, poultry compartments arranged side by side with a space between them "to receive a feed trough, supporting means within said space whereon said trough may slide, a band encircling the outer end of said trough resting upon and removable from said supporting means, and means wherebythe inner end of said trough may be supported outof contact with said supporting means when the trough is in position for use.

e. In a poultry car, poultry compartments arranged side by side with a space between them to receive a feed trough, the side walls of said compartment-s comprising superposed series of short, vertically disposed rods located opposite the sides of the trough to prevent the passage of fowls to said space, means for sustaining the upper and lower ends of said rods, and plates alternating with said series of rods serving to prevent thepassage of fowls to the space beneath said trough, the upper edges of said plates forming a slideway for said trough.

ISRAEL V. EDGERTON. 

